Current Opportunities

As a volunteer, you have the flexibility to tailor your involvement to fit your schedule and lifestyle. You can volunteer behind the scenes or even from your council office, instead of volunteering directly with girls. You also have the option of partnering with girls throughout a membership year or committing to just a few weeks or months.

Exciting Ways to Get Involved

Individual Basis:

Lead a Troop: The Girl Scouts of Greater New York has troops of every level meeting across the five boroughs. As a troop leader, you will work as part of a 2-4 member membership team with a small group of girls in your local neighborhood on a regular basis throughout the school year. Using Girl Scout program resources, you will guide girls as they earn badges and awards, take exciting field trips, and more! Adult education is provided, and support from volunteers and council staff is ongoing. Troops generally meet from September through June. Time commitment: 2-5 hours of preparation/program delivery per meeting.

Short-Term:If you’re not available to lead a troop but would still like to work with groups of girls on a short-term basis, you can get involved though our Series programs. This option allows you to share your hobbies or experiences to help guide girls on a path to become strong, confident leaders. Time commitment: 2-4 hours of preparation/program delivery per session. Sessions take place about once a week for approximately 4-10 weeks.

One-Day Events: During our one-day events held throughout the year, you will interact with the girls as they earn badges and take part in new experiences. Episodic volunteers may help with events one month a year, or they may assist with a monthly activity, or they can lend a hand at other times that extra help is needed and the volunteer is available. Time commitment: Events take place primarily on Saturdays for about 4-5 hours.

Camp: Nature enthusiasts can volunteer at camp to help girls explore the great outdoors and connect with the environment. Camp Kaufmann is located in Holmes, NY, about 60 miles north of NYC. Time commitment: Daylong camp activities generally take place over weekends.

Corporate Level:

Help expose Girl Scouts ages 5-17 to exciting future careers!

Host a one-day visit to your workplace

Host a short-term workshop series led by industry professionals (approximately 4-10 weeks)

Click HERE to contact us regarding volunteering on an individual basis or on the corporate level. Please note: prior to working with girls, every volunteer must fill out an adult application form, provide us with a reference's contact information, and authorize a background check.

Girl Scouts, 6 hours agoTOP COOKIE SELLER #COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
Our #7 top cookie seller this year is Helen from the East Village - happily posing on her cookie "throne" below. Helen and our # 3 seller are not only troop mates but classmates and went cookie selling together. They took turns and shared clients amicably - and the cooperation worked: Helen more than doubled her sales from 500 boxes last year to 1,127 boxes this year! Her sales secret: "I have a great sales pitch and always have a smile on my face when talking to my customers."
Helen credits the cookie program with increasing her self-confidence and giving her the feeling that she can do "as much as an adult."

Girl Scouts, 4 days agoTOP COOKIE SELLER #COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
We skipped 10-year-old Emily from Riverdale in the Bronx by mistake, our second #11 top cookie seller in New York City. Apologies, Emily!
Emily sold 1,020 boxes this year, exactly twice the amount she sold last year, by covering all her bases. She walked up to houses in her neighborhood; asked her family to buy cookies; and sent very detailed emails to everyone she could think of, including her sisters' and parents' friends and family. Information included the kinds of cookies available; delivery times; cost; all about Operation Cookie; and her sales goal. It worked: she said "everyone was very generous with orders."
What Emily likes most about the cookie program is delivering the cookies "because it makes me feel like I'm giving everyone the best gift ever!"

Girl Scouts, 5 days agoTOP COOKIE SELLER #COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
Ella from the Upper East Side in Manhattan is our #8 top cookie seller this year, having sold 1,100 boxes this year, up from 772 boxes last year. The 9-year-olds' sales secret? "Walking up to everyone in my daddy's office while wearing my vest, and telling them my goal of 1,000 boxes!"
The thing she liked most about this year's cookie sale was that she got to donate to charities of her choice - and the knowledge that "soldiers get lots of cookies!"

Girl Scouts, 6 days agoTOP COOKIE SELLER #COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
11-year-old Jada from Co-op City in the Bronx is our #9 top cookie seller this year; using her excellent networking skills and her positive attitude she went from selling 611 boxes last year to selling 1,034 this year. Pretty impressive!
The thing Jada likes most about participating in the Cookie Program is that it gets her to practice and use her communication skills.

Girl Scouts, 6 days agoTOP COOKIE SELLER #COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
Our countdown continues, with 12-year-old Marieteresa from Riverdale. She is the #10 top cookie seller in New York City this year but won't share her sales secret - for a very good reason: "If I tell, it won't be a secret!" Then she relents: "I REALLY like to sell cookies..."
Marieteresa's favorite thing about the program this year was selling enough cookies to go to camp, and the excitement of being part of the Digital Cookie pilot program.

Girl Scouts, 6 days agoDaisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, and Senior troops from Immanuel Lutheran School in Whitestone held a food drive on March 21st and were able to collect 2,000 pounds of food for City Harvest!

Girl Scouts, 12 days agoTOP COOKIE SELLER #COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
How could we skip 8-year-old Shayla from Sunnyside, Queens, our #12 top cookie seller in New York City this year? Shayla says her sales strategy is to ask absolutely everyone if they'd like to buy cookies - and her motto is "never give up." The cookie program has taught her to be more assertive and expressive when she is meeting new people.
Shayla is excited that she earned money for her Maspeth troop to enjoy some outdoor fun at Camp Kaufmann!

Girl Scouts, 13 days agoTOP COOKIE SELLER #COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
What made 11-year-old Althea Collier from Harlem our # 11 top cookie seller this year? How is this answer for sophistication and insightful sales tactics: "I wear my uniform every time. I sell near a women's college where I know there will be a lot of former Girl Scouts. I can count on them to notice me and gather around my table. Then other people see the crowd and that helps get everyone's attention."
Wow. No wonder she doubled her sales from last year, going from 510 boxes to 1,020 boxes this year!
Althea says she likes the Cookie Program because it teaches her good business and management skills. And from what we see, it does indeed!

Girl Scouts, 14 days agoTOP COOKIE SELLER COUNTDOWN 2014/2015
Our countdown continues with another 8-year-old: Jayda from Far Rockaway is our # 13 top seller this year!
Jayda sold 1,004 boxes of cookies with her pitch: "Girl Scout Cookies are 5 boxes for $20, and you can only get them once a year - you don't want to miss out!"
Jayda loves the fact that of the money she earned for her troop, half goes to a community service project in her neighborhood and the other half is used for a fun activity.

Girl Scouts, 15 days agoThe GSLI Application has been extended! Make sure to get your applications in by Friday, March 20th! For more information: http://www.girlscoutsnyc.org/GSLI

April Mintz, GSGNY 2014 Future Woman of DistinctionThe Girl Scouts of Greater New York honors Girl Scout April Mintz of Staten Island as its 2014 Future Woman of Distinction at its 22nd annual Women of Distinction Breakfast at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 29, 2014.

Amy Hall, GSGNY 2014 Woman of DistinctionThe Girl Scouts of Greater New York honors Amy Hall, Director of Social Consciousness at EILEEN FISHER, Inc., at its 22nd annual Women of Distinction Breakfast at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 29, 2014.

Elisabeth DeMarse, GSGNY 2014 Woman of DistinctionThe Girl Scouts of Greater New York honors Elisabeth DeMarse, President, Chairman, and CEO of TheStreet, Inc., at its 22nd annual Women of Distinction Breakfast at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 29, 2014.

Beth Bovis, GSGNY 2014 Woman of DistinctionThe Girl Scouts of Greater New York honors Beth Bovis, Partner at A.T. Kearney, at its 22nd annual Women of Distinction Breakfast at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 29, 2014.

"Grow, Retain, and Deepen"The Girl Scouts of Greater New York steps into its Second Century of serving the girls of NYC. Over the next 5 to 7 years, the organization plans to increase capacity to better serve even more girls. Programs are offered in Business & Entrepreneurship, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics), Environmental Leadership, and Personal Identity Leadership.

"Dollars and Sense" with Linda DescanoNYC Girl Scouts learn about business, financial literacy, and career options by visiting the trading floor at Citi in a special presentation from Linda Descano, Managing Director and Head of Content and Social, North America Marketing at Citi, and President and CEO of Women & Co.

"Class Act" with Dayle HaddonParticipants in the Career Exploration Program with the Girl Scouts of Greater New York learn about the importance of education and perseverance from Dayle Haddon, Founder of WomanOne.